https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Cryptocurrency firm Tether said Friday it had submitted a bid to Juventus's main shareholder, Exor, to acquire its entire stake in the Turin football club -- but was quickly rebuffed. https://www.thelocal.it/20251213/crypto-firm-tether-bids-for-italys-juventus-is-quickly-rebuffed Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:44:53 +0100 crypto-firm-tether-bids-for-italys-juventus-is-quickly-rebuffed The next edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2022 will be held in the northern Italian city of Turin, organisers confirmed on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20211008/turin-to-host-2022-eurovision-song-contest Fri, 08 Oct 2021 15:10:17 +0200 turin-to-host-2022-eurovision-song-contest Environmental activist Greta Thunberg urged young people in Italy on Friday to seize the next decade to fight climate change, and chastised world leaders for acting "as if there is no tomorrow". https://www.thelocal.it/20191214/greta-thunberg-tells-turin-activists-to-make-2020-year-of-action Sat, 14 Dec 2019 10:41:21 +0100 greta-thunberg-tells-turin-activists-to-make-2020-year-of-action More than 10,000 residents of central Turin were evacuated on Sunday while demolition experts defused a British bomb from World War II, local authorities said. https://www.thelocal.it/20191201/unexploded-wwii-bomb-in-turin-prompts-evacuation-of-10000-people Sun, 01 Dec 2019 15:47:23 +0100 unexploded-wwii-bomb-in-turin-prompts-evacuation-of-10000-people A blaze broke out early Monday morning at the Cavallerizza Reale in Turin, part of the northern Italian city's Unesco-listed royal heritage, causing a section of the roof to collapse. https://www.thelocal.it/20191021/fire-at-turin-royal-horse-yard-italy-unesco-site Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:32:49 +0200 fire-at-turin-royal-horse-yard-italy-unesco-site A young American man is in hospital in northern Italy after clambering up and falling off a statue in central Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20190620/american-in-serious-condition-after-fall-from-turin-monument Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:28:19 +0200 american-in-serious-condition-after-fall-from-turin-monument An openly neofascist publishing house was excluded from Turin book fair on Thursday after an outcry over the inclusion of the far-right company, which has ties to Italy's Matteo Salvini. https://www.thelocal.it/20190509/neofascist-publisher-altaforte-barred-turin-book-fair Thu, 09 May 2019 15:42:08 +0200 neofascist-publisher-altaforte-barred-turin-book-fair Publishers are boycotting the famous Turin book fair over the presence of the neo-fascist publisher of Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini’s new book. https://www.thelocal.it/20190507/turin-book-fair-boycott-over-salvinis-far-right-publisher Tue, 07 May 2019 19:46:43 +0200 turin-book-fair-boycott-over-salvinis-far-right-publisher Lavazza and Ferrero are among the Italian companies that received parcels containing “suspicious powder” and threats in an apparent extortion attempt. https://www.thelocal.it/20190408/italian-coffee-and-chocolate-makers-receive-poisoning-threats-in-powder-attack Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:26:07 +0200 italian-coffee-and-chocolate-makers-receive-poisoning-threats-in-powder-attack According to new calculations based on the position of the sun, Turin turns 2,028 today. https://www.thelocal.it/20190130/happy-birthday-turin-how-researchers-discovered-the-exact-day-the-city-was-founded Wed, 30 Jan 2019 18:15:01 +0100 happy-birthday-turin-how-researchers-discovered-the-exact-day-the-city-was-founded Thousands of Father Christmases gathered in Turin on Sunday at a rally to raise money for a children's hospital, with many arriving by scooter or bicycle rather than reindeer-pulled sled. https://www.thelocal.it/20181202/santas-rally-for-charity-in-italy Sun, 02 Dec 2018 18:16:53 +0100 santas-rally-for-charity-in-italy A contested high-speed train line between Italy and France has become a key battleground for a divided government in Rome, with part of the coalition demanding the project be scrapped. https://www.thelocal.it/20181109/italy-no-tav-turin-lyon-train-line Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:22:55 +0100 italy-no-tav-turin-lyon-train-line Indulgent, elegant and unpretentious, it's hard not to fall head over heels for this completely underrated Italian city. https://www.thelocal.it/20181026/weekend-wanderlust-love-letter-travel-turin-italy Fri, 26 Oct 2018 18:57:50 +0200 weekend-wanderlust-love-letter-travel-turin-italy Milan-Cortina is Italy’s two-pronged choice to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, Italian news networks confirmed Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20181001/italian-olympic-committee-nominates-milan-cortina-to-host-2026-winter-olympics Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:35:00 +0200 italian-olympic-committee-nominates-milan-cortina-to-host-2026-winter-olympics Italy's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics will be a two-city candidacy of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, with Turin ruled out of the final project, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180919/italy-to-bid-for-2026-winter-olympics-in-milan-and-cortina Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:18:20 +0200 italy-to-bid-for-2026-winter-olympics-in-milan-and-cortina Italy's first sex doll brothel was raided by the police on Wednesday, just nine days after it opened in Turin. https://www.thelocal.it/20180912/italy-first-sex-doll-brothel-has-been-closed-down-the-week-after-it-opened Wed, 12 Sep 2018 19:58:43 +0200 italy-first-sex-doll-brothel-has-been-closed-down-the-week-after-it-opened Opening in Turin on Monday, Italy's first sex doll "brothel" has already had a flood of bookings, according to its owners. https://www.thelocal.it/20180903/italy-first-sex-doll-brothel-is-already-booked-out-for-weeks Mon, 03 Sep 2018 14:44:46 +0200 italy-first-sex-doll-brothel-is-already-booked-out-for-weeks A Turin hit by Cristiano Ronaldo fever awaits the striker on Monday as Juventus prepare to unveil the surprise signing, that after the end of the World Cup, puts all eyes on the Italian champions and Serie A. https://www.thelocal.it/20180716/turin-juventus-cristiano-ronaldo-arrival Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:23:00 +0200 turin-juventus-cristiano-ronaldo-arrival While southern Italy swelters, parts of the north have been wracked by violent storms and torrential rain. https://www.thelocal.it/20180704/hailstones-thunderstorms-flash-floods-italy-moena-bolzano-south-tyrol Wed, 04 Jul 2018 12:04:28 +0200 hailstones-thunderstorms-flash-floods-italy-moena-bolzano-south-tyrol Barbania, a tiny town in the north-west of Italy, might just have the highest rate of twin births anywhere in the country: 74 of its 1,600 inhabitants are twins. https://www.thelocal.it/20180626/barbania-italian-town-twins Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:52:11 +0200 barbania-italian-town-twins